van Reck Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Reck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Reck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium911:126,33718,388
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Reck Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Reck Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name van Reck is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Reck? popularity and diffusion

The last name van Reck is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname van Reck occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Reck live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Reck is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 126,337. In Belgium van Reck is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Belgium this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 5 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rieck949/
van Reyk88184/
van Reek88143/
van Riek8856/
van Rick881/
van Reik881/
van Rijck8214/
van Reesk827/
van Rycke825/
van Ricke821/
van Ryk8035/
van Rijk75282/
von Reik757/
Van-Reyk751/
van Rijke711/
Van-Rycke711/
Van-Rijck711/
von Rex672/
Van-Ric671/
von Rajcs5914/
van Riggs591/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Reck
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